This colorful image of the Helix nebula may mirror what someday could become of our sun and our home planet. Released on ...

A new Hubble Space Telescope image offers the most detailed view of the Crab Nebula, which is located 6,500 light-years from ...

A new X-ray look at the mesmerizing Helix Nebula reveals an alleged planet killer: a white dwarf that might be the source of ...

With its origins tracing back to the 1970s, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the space shuttle Discovery on ...

Emission nebulae are glowing, spread-out clouds of ionized gas that shine with their own light. In this image of NGC 2313, the bright star V565 at the center lights up a silvery curtain of gas and ...

The beloved Hubble Space Telescope is reaching its 35th anniversary, and over the years it has taken some stunning images.

Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

Helix Nebula: This a planetary nebula ... making it the closest large star-forming region to Earth. Pillars of Creation: The iconic Pillars of Creation, revealing a sharper and wider view of ...

A team of astronomers recently tapped into JWST’s capabilities to explore the smallest objects in the Flame Nebula.

The linear streaks above are stars. This photo shows Earth, our home planet, and was taken from the International Space Station as it flew more than 261 miles up. The space station has been home ...